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Naval Gunners by Frank Rust - Part of The Northcliffe Collection
Naval Gunners by Frank Rust - Part of The Northcliffe Collection
Naval Gunners by Frank Rust - Part of The Northcliffe Collection
Naval Gunners by Frank Rust - Part of The Northcliffe Collection
Naval Gunners by Frank Rust - Part of The Northcliffe Collection

Naval Gunners by Frank Rust - Part of The Northcliffe Collection

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Naval Gunners on a training exercise 1939. The instructors’ advice to the men was simple: hit first, hit hard, and keep on hitting. The modern Royal Navy has around thirty thousand men and women. At the beginning of World War Two, The Royal Navy was the strongest in the world with over 200,000 men.

photograph by Frank Rust Northcliffe Collection.